Essays about: "Discrimination Act"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 51 essays containing the words Discrimination Act.

1. 21. Intersecting housing discrimination : A socio-legal study on the limits of Swedish anti-discrimination law

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sandra Klinth; [2018]
   Keywords : anti-discrimination law; critical legal studies; discrimination; housing; human rights; intersectionality; law; limits of law; socio-legal studies;

   Abstract : This qualitative socio-legal study critically examined the protection against housing discrimination found in chapter 2 § 12 of the Swedish Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567), in light of United Nations, Council of Europe and European Union housing and non-discrimination (human rights) standards. As an applied socio-legal study it aimed to be critical towards the limits of law in context. READ MORE

3. 22. The Principle of Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value. Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Iceland. "So close, yet so far"

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Maj Britt Briem; [2018]
   Keywords : Equal pay for work of equal value; multiple discrimination; gender discrimination; gender pay gap; special measures; gender segregation; Equal Pay Standard; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The enunciation of the principle of equality and non-discrimination is of fundamental source in international human rights laws and EU-law and has a prominent place in the Icelandic constitution. The principles of equality and non-discrimination are based on various legal concepts that have evolved mainly in international and regional human rights or equality jurisprudence. READ MORE

4. 23. Responsibility to Protect – A larger tool than anticipated? An analysis of the potential usage of structural violence in the Responsibility to Protect

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Robin Holst; [2017-11-23]
   Keywords : Responsibility to Protect; structural violence; direct violence; genocide; crimes against humanity; passive killing;

   Abstract : On a daily basis, many people around the world die due to starvation, structural discrimination and other actions which can be prevented by state actors. The international community has agreed that the sovereignty of the state is vital, which means that what happens within a state is up to their legitimate rulers, with a few exceptions. READ MORE

5. 24. Exploring the Needs, Expectations, and Realities of Mental Healthcare for Transgender Adults: A Grounded Theory Study on Experiences in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Debra Beight; [2017]
   Keywords : transgender; transition diagnosis; mental healthcare; Sweden; Medicine and Health Sciences;

   Abstract : Transgender persons experience a disproportionate representation in adverse mental health conditions globally. In Sweden there are tangible efforts to improving mental healthcare overall, but as a minority population, transgender persons still struggle with meeting their mental healthcare needs. READ MORE

6. 25. An ethnographic study of domestic violence and divorce in Uzbekistan: what is more important, to be free or to be alive?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Kerstin Martinez; [2017]
   Keywords : divorce; domestic violence; dominance theory; equality; ethnography; gender equality; hybrid society; legal culture; legal feminist theory; living law; mahalla; Uzbekistan; violence against women; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper has been to provide a socio-legal analysis of domestic violence and divorce in secular Uzbekistan. The legislation express that men and women are equal to the law, that any kind of discrimination is forbidden and judicial divorce is possible. READ MORE